Open AccessCompression of DNA sequence reads in FASTQ format
Author(s) -
Sebastian Deorowicz,
Szymon Grabowski
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
bioinformatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599
H-Index - 390
eISSN - 1367-4811
pISSN - 1367-4803
DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr014
Subject(s) - computer science , data compression , sequence (biology) , dna sequencing , k mer , software , genomics , genome , data mining , computational biology , database , dna , biology , algorithm , operating system , genetics , gene
Modern sequencing instruments are able to generate at least hundreds of millions short reads of genomic data. Those huge volumes of data require effective means to store them, provide quick access to any record and enable fast decompression.
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